A California man who allegedly duped AOL users into handing
over credit card details to a fraudulent website has been arrested
in the US. Police charged Jeffrey Brett Goodin, 46, of Azusa, with
wire fraud and other charges over allegations he masterminded an
aggressive phishing scam.
By John Leyden for The Register.
This article has been reproduced with permission.
Goodin allegedly sent thousands of emails that posed as messages
from AOL's billing department warning customers needed to update
their payment information or risk losing access to their accounts.
Prospective marks were directed towards a fraudulent website and
invited to hand over sensitive personal details including credit
and debit card information that Goodin allegedly used to make
fraudulent purchases.
Phishing frauds are becoming an increasingly popular scam.
According to the latest available figures from the Anti-Phishing
Working Group, 17,000 such fraudulent attacks were launched in
November alone.
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